I am rooting for the NFL Players Association, and against the NEA.
The NFL players have legitimate concerns. They make a bunch of money for the owners, but the owners give relatively little of it back to the players, especially if you consider the physical sacrifice given by them.
Not one owner would last more than two seconds on the football field. If an owner participated in that new television show “Undercover Boss”, that owner would be unintentionally killed in the pre-game routine.
Imagine if Daniel Snyder would give punting a try, for example. He wouldn’t make it for 10 minutes.
The NFL could not survive without the players. And the players give their lives for the game. Most NFL players end up with their serious injuries having a dramatic affect on their lives well after they retire.
Dave Duerson, the former Notre Dame and Chicago Bears standout, perfectly exemplifies the troubles that face many players well after they retire.
He believed and had plenty of evidence to prove that his brain functions deteriorated over the years because of the many concussions he endured when he played the game. He killed himself rather than keep living with a brain that simply wasn’t working.
Three teachers helped spark something in me that made my education worth something.
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